HSCC March 2023 issue 138 | Page 37

The Sunbeam Rapier was an unusual race car . We think this is Martin Kent .
Even Stirling Moss got in on the act with a track test in 1975 .
The grid at a wet Silverstone with John Pope ’ s Aston Martin-engined Vauxhall Magnum in the foreground .
A mighty Ford Capri driven , we think , by the redoubtable Bill Cox in 1977 .
Marshall hurls the Firenza across the Thruxton kerbs in 1973 .
Another V8 Capri being harried by a Special Saloon Mini and Imp . the sensational ‘ Baby Bertha ’ which Gerry Marshall took to so many victories . This is Brands Hatch in 1975 .
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